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>No because the company has other options for labor [...] The same can't be said for cartels which have complete control over their respective markets.

that's like saying OPEC isn't a cartel because you can still get oil from russia or canada.

>it can fire it's entire workforce and rehire

isn't that union-busting and/or illegal?

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I'm not convinced that a single labor union has the power to influence the labor market outside of the specific company the union represents. This is not the case for OPEC who has sufficient power to manipulate the market.

> isn't that union-busting and/or illegal?

It's supposed to be, but it's often the case that corporations are not penalized to a sufficient amount (or at all) to deter this. We've seen many cases where it's cheaper for the corporation to pay these fines and continue doing what they are doing - in that sense the current laws are ineffective.

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